Arcane II: Twenty-One Weird and Unsettling Stories

by Nathan Shumate, Andrew Bourelle, Miranda Ciccone

A landlord finds something left behind by a former tenant, something with a will of its own... A bride explores her new husband's manor house, seeking the mystery that overshadows his life... A survivor of the apocalypse sees an insidious change infecting the few remaining humans... This second volume of the "Arcane" anthology series presents these and eighteen more stories of dark imagination. Contributors: Andrew Bourelle Miranda Ciccone Libby Cudmore Eric Dimbleby Michael R. Fletcher Milo James Fowler Gef Fox Adele Gardner Jean Graham Michael Haynes Harry Markov Matthew Quinn Martin Patrick S. McGinnity Brooke Miller Joanna Parypinski Craig Pay Philip M. Roberts Priya Sharma Anna Sykora Nicole M. Taylor Steve Toase Ian Welke

250 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Nathan Shumate is a Utah author, small-press publisher, assemblage artist and dilettante (although he prefers the term “Renaissance Man”). He has written (and gotten paid for) comic books, screenplays, and various forms of fiction and non-fiction. His short stories have appeared in the magazine Amazing Stories, the anthology Monsters & Mormons, and other venues. He is the publisher and instigator of the Lovecraftian pulp space opera Space Eldritch anthologies. His most recent book is The Shadow Over Vinland, and Other Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, released June 2024. He also unleashed LousyBookCovers.com onto the world, and consults with self-publishing authors at CoverCritics.com about effective indie book cover design.

Reviews

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had some of the most interesting short stories that I have read in a very long time. I thoroughly enjoyed every story in this book.

[Nick Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anthology problems, the struggle is real. Several of the stories just don't appear to be constructed at all. They are really tough to read. It's a shame, because there are some good stories included. It's a nice collection to skim through, but not a solid collection.